Comments on: The right hero for the job http://www.pensandswords.com/2008/12/09/the-right-hero-for-the-job/ Talking shop with fantasy fiction author Kameron M. Franklin Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Moore http://www.pensandswords.com/2008/12/09/the-right-hero-for-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-39887 Alex Moore Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:06:31 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=637#comment-39887 hmm...need to explore this post more. just in a huge hurry right now. fun topic, though. will be back! hmm…need to explore this post more. just in a huge hurry right now. fun topic, though. will be back!

]]> By: Kameron http://www.pensandswords.com/2008/12/09/the-right-hero-for-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-39644 Kameron Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:38:03 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=637#comment-39644 Thanks for bringing up those other hero types. I purposefully left them out and focused on the ones I toyed with as I developed Logan. Blatant and unapologetic comment-baiting, I admit. ;) Thanks for bringing up those other hero types. I purposefully left them out and focused on the ones I toyed with as I developed Logan. Blatant and unapologetic comment-baiting, I admit. ;)

]]> By: Lukahn http://www.pensandswords.com/2008/12/09/the-right-hero-for-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-39641 Lukahn Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:08:43 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=637#comment-39641 This is a nice list, but you allude to a certain type and never really spell it out - the epic or "super" hero. This is the hero that has everything going for him, but may have a small fault or two that keeps the reader guessing as to if they will succeed or not. Examples would be Superman, Hercules, Beowulf, or Achilles. You could probably lump heroes such as Odysseus into that category, but he skirts the line of the "reluctant hero" as well since he is forced into his adventure in the Odyssey. Wikipedia describes Odysseus as a "romantic hero" and puts him in the same category as Don Juan and the Count of Monte Cristo. Some of my favorite heroes are the tragic heroes, those that have some tragic event happen or some tragic flaw that causes their downfalls. Shakespeare's tragedies are the best examples I can think of for this, with Hamlet being the poster child of the tragic hero. But by far my favorite hero types are the everyman heroes, the Frodos of the world. I think this is because it is easy to relate to these heroes, to imagine ourselves in their shoes, especially if the writer portrays them properly. This is a nice list, but you allude to a certain type and never really spell it out – the epic or “super” hero. This is the hero that has everything going for him, but may have a small fault or two that keeps the reader guessing as to if they will succeed or not. Examples would be Superman, Hercules, Beowulf, or Achilles.

You could probably lump heroes such as Odysseus into that category, but he skirts the line of the “reluctant hero” as well since he is forced into his adventure in the Odyssey. Wikipedia describes Odysseus as a “romantic hero” and puts him in the same category as Don Juan and the Count of Monte Cristo.

Some of my favorite heroes are the tragic heroes, those that have some tragic event happen or some tragic flaw that causes their downfalls. Shakespeare’s tragedies are the best examples I can think of for this, with Hamlet being the poster child of the tragic hero.

But by far my favorite hero types are the everyman heroes, the Frodos of the world. I think this is because it is easy to relate to these heroes, to imagine ourselves in their shoes, especially if the writer portrays them properly.

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